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Yes, My Craziness Knows No Bounds

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If all goes according to my master plan…

…then a certain selected limited few of my favorite people in the world will be reading this in their *** ta dahhhh *** GMAIL INBOX.   :)I basically spent this evening figuring out how to use MailChimp and now I’m putting my knowledge to good use. As of this week, my fav peeps  will get a weekly *lastest post* edition of my blog in your inbox. (Ok – don’t worry you can unsubscribe).While I’m traveling I’m planning to keep my blog as up to date so hopefully this will be an additional easy way to keep in touch.  T minus 2 days until I’m off AND I have my passport in my hand. Barring some terrible bad karma / jinx in my future I ready for my two month traveling stint.

I just became a year younger.

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For the past couple of months I’ve been confused on exactly how old I am.

A little insane – I know!!! I would like to think it was the typhoid that scrambled my brains but seriously forgetting my age is well something I’m not THAT surprised by. I found an internetty thing that tells you your age based on your dob. I am so happy!! I am 27 – not 28 like I’ve been telling people.I have not been so happy in a long time.

A Box of Soap.

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I remember Natasha saying once that when she was young her dream was to have an audience that would just listen to whatever she said.I really thought that was cute and funny. I DO not think any real person should actually have that power.Especially when you are going to talk about soap bubbles.Ok – I’m tired and my ability to be coherent is limited.

Do not fear.

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On my new years resolution list was getting into the whole art – creative expression – keeping it real sane thing. So far I’ve painted 3 pieces (ok that sounds pretentious), umn 3 things that could be called art-like things, on some smaller canvases.DoThe first one is of a man / boy floating in the middle of the sea. It should look like he is floating, but because of my limited art skills he looks placed on top of the water and the image is kind of weird and totally un-proportional.But this is the one that I really needed to paint.I once heard this story on PRI:Selected shorts about two boys, some Japanese city, a tsunami, boy lost to see, regret, fear.For as long as I can remember I’ve had two types of reoccurring dreams; one where I’m on the beach and there is a huge tsunami. In the dream I always know I’m going to be okay; but I’m afraid for someone else I love who I think isn’t going to be okay – my brother, parents whatever. The second dream I always have is that I’m in a car and I really really need to get somewhere, but I can’t control the car. The feeling is that I’m drunk and not able to control by body, but like my mind is totally clear and panicking in the desperation of not being able to get where I want to go.I know both these dream are about Fear. Fearing of not be in control. Not being able to do what I want, help the people I love, not being able to go where I need to go… etc.The moral of short story by the author whose name I can’t remember is…Do not fear. Or all that you love will be washed out to sea.Or something like that – I can’t exactly remember… but ever since I heard that story I haven’t had either of my reoccurring dreams.So I’ve put the weird painting of the boy floating in the sea, on the ledge that is right in front of the toilet. I look at it when ‘doing ma thing so I can look at it in the few moments of a day that are spent in un-forced peaceful meditative blank.p.s.(Originally, I thought it was a Marukami story but know I don’t think it is.  I THINK I have read something by that author before – The Seamstresses Wife? I don’t know – I don’t have my old book collection as a reference.)

Coco Channel + Tropic of Thunder

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Watched the movie Coco Channel, no not the one with Audrey Tautou.From a movie perspective, it was the almost laughable cheesy. I really hated the narrative structure – the reminiscent flashbacks and the weird black transitions used.I did some research on Coco’s life. Apparently, some of the history is a bit glossed over; she had one sister and several brothers.Although the movie focuses on her life with “Boy” Chapel (and partially “Etienne” ) fast forward to her “later years” and ife in the second world war is also filled with a lot of intrigue and scandal.I also watched Tropic of Thunder and its a plot narrative – ahem and editing – and art direction – its a wayyyy better movie. I really loved the fake movie trailers in the beginning which are approved for ‘audiences’.Tropic Thunder – Fake Trailers!! – Watch more free videos

Delete, Empty Trash Can

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So as of recently – oh say – past six months I have heard a lot of crazy things. Okay, crazy IMHO.Things like…’… so I asked my mom to pray every day so that jinns don’t put a spell on me…”… you cannot eat more than two types of desserts in one meal. It’s not religiously allowed…’Initially, I started writing these crazy things down. I would recount them to people – expecting to hear ‘that’s f*****g crazy!’.But I didn’t.And it freaked me out. Seems the crazy rabbit hole can be pretty deep.My new philosophy is; I pretend to not hear crazy speak. As in, I listen to people when they tell me things which are ‘CRAZY’ and I smile and nod. And then, I go into my memory database and press delete – empty trash can.

Baby’s first step: An official blog entry.

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Umbreen.com as a blog since 2004, been through several redesigns, abandonment and re-loves and it’s back again – mostly because an accidental save nuked my old one.  I would be sad about losing me old posts – BUT – I’m going to look on the bright side and think of it as a clean slate. :)Work has been pretty busy; currently working on a social media project for KESC and Capri and as always there is ongoing stuff with Mobilink to do.  Just came back from Turkey, and I have article to write. I’m totally in love with the country and going to think about plotting a way to work there for a year or two in the future. :)